FundForum Middle East & Africa 2017 | 9 October 2017 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, Gate Village, Difc, off Sheikh Zayed Road - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Putting emerging and frontier markets in the spotlight.

FundForum Middle East & Africa is part of the FundForum Series - the world's leading investment management events

2017 Speakers:

Ted Truscott
CEO
Columbia Threadneedle

Marios Maratheftis
Chief Economist
Standard Chartered

Mishal Kanoo
Chairman
Kanoo Group

Shuaib Audu
CEO
Stanbic IBTC Investments Limited

Fatima Vawda
CEO
27 Four Investment Managers

Nasreen Srouji
CEO
Amundi Middle East

Charbel Abou Jaoude
CEO
Alcazar Capital

Wale Adeosun
CIO & Founder
Kuramo Capital

Dr Ataf Ahmed
Head of Asset Management
QInvest

Jahangir Aka
Managing Director Middle East
Neuberger Berman

Basim Al-Ahmadi
Co-Founder, Global Risk Insights & Consultant
SET Advisory

Ross Alexander
CEO
Africa Matters

Racha Alkhawaja
Group Chief Distribution & Development Officer
Equitava

Jeremy Amias
Global Head, Financial Institutions
Standard Chartered

Gary Baker
Managing Director, EMEA
CFA Institute

JB Becket
Author

Zin Bekkali
CEO & Founder
Silk Invest

Hedi Ben Mlouka
founder and CIO
FIM Partners

Tomasz Bortnik
Head of Wealth Management Product UAE & MENA
Citi

Gavin Butcher
Director
Optis Investment Management

David Damiba
Partner
Helios Investment Partners

Aroop Datta
CFO
Abdulrahman Al Ghurair Investments LLC

Gary Dugan
CIO
Emirates NBD Wealth Management

Ehab El Sawy
Head of Securities Services - MENA (ex UAE)
Standard Chartered

Hisham Elhaddad
Co-founder and Managing Partner
HOF Capital

Talal F.Samhouri, CFA
Head of Asset Management
AMWAL

Grant Flanagan
CEO
Atria Africa

Paul Forsyth
Founder
Apache Partners

John Gebeily
Head of MENA Equities
Audi Capital

Karim Ghandour
Managing Director
Legacy Line Family Office

Gerald Gondo
Executive Director
Riscura

Christian Guckel
Chief Risk Officer
Sedco Capital

Eric-Vincent Guichard
CEO
Movement Capital

Johan Hattingh
Managing Director and Chief Investment Office
Ashmore Investment Saudi Arabia

Damian Hitchin
CEO
Swissquote

Simon Hopkins
CEO
Milltrust

Sohail Jaffar
Deputy CEO
FWU Takaful Solutions

Sohail Jaffer
Deputy CEO
FWU Takaful

Nadim Kabbara
Lecturer
American University of Beirut

Sean Kelleher
CEO
Mondial

Akber Khan
Senior Director, Asset Management
Al Rayan Investment LLC

Einstein Kihanda
CEO
ICEA LION Asset Management

Philippe Koch
Head of Fund Management
IPRO

Dino Kronfol
Chief Investment Officer, Global Sukuk and MENA fixed income
Franklin Templeton Investments

Gaurav Kumar
Managing Director, Head of Fund Distribution - Middle East, Africa and South Asia
Principal Global Investors

Hasnain Malik
Managing Director, Head Frontier Markets Strategy
Exotix

Damien Maltwood
Investment Director
Quliter Cheviot

David Martínez de Lecea
Principal
Roland Berger

Deepak Mehra
Head of Asset Management & Advisory
Commercial Bank of Dubai

Sanjiv Mihdidin
Founder and CEO
SMART Property

Suresh Mistry
Director
Alquity

Zeyad Mohammed
Head of Capital Markets
Saudi Fransi

Charles-Henry Monchau
Managing Director, CIO & Head of Asset Management
Al Mal Capital

Kato Mukuru
Portfolio Manager, Frontier
EFG Hermes Holding

Nganga Njiinu
CEO
TransCentury Group

Segun Omoniwa
Senior Manager, Managed Investments, Wealth Management Asia
Standard Chartered

Nicholas Piquito
Group CIO
African Alliance Asset Management

Bhaskar Prabhakara
Founder
WeInvest

Ruchit Puri
Director & Chief Executive Officer
Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd

Waheed Qaiser
President
Maxim LLP

Noor Quek
CEO & Founder
NQ International Pte. Ltd.

MR Raghu
Head of Research
Markaz

Albert Reiter
Managing Director
e-fundresearch.com & investRFP.com

Erik Renander
Portfolio Manager
Principia Investment Management

Sven Richter
Fund Manager Global Emerging Markets
Drakens Capital

Ibrahim Sagna
Head, Financial Advisory
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

Tarek Sakka
CEO
Ajeej Capital

John Sandwick
General Manager
Safa Investment Services

Tim Searle
Chairman
Globaleye

Yunus Selant
Regional Manager Middle East & Africa
Allfunds

Vikas Sengupta
Chief Investment Officer
Guardian Wealth Management

Husayn Shahrur
Head of Asset Management
NBK Capital

Sundeep Sikka
Executive Director & CEO
Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited

Prasheen Singh
Head of Investment Advisory
Riscura

Ghassan Soufi
Advisor
Family Offices/HNWI in Saudi Arabia

Ola Sowemimo
Chief Investment Officer
EcoBank

Nesreen Srouij
CEO
Amundi Middle East

Phil Story
Head of Distribution
ITA

Eric Swats
Head of Asset Management
Rasmala

Lina Taher
Deputy CIO
Friends Provident International

Aliasgar Tambawala
Chief Investment Officer
Massar Investments

George Triplow
Middle East Leader
EY

Alexander Trotter
Partner
NewMarket Asset Management

Syed Umair
Head Priority Banking
Emirates Islamic Bank

Snehal Urankar
Head of Investment Advisory
Nexus Group

Chris Van Staden
Head of Securites Services Operations, Africa and Middle East
Standard Chartered

Cobus Visagie
Head Investor Relations
Africa Merchant Investment Management

Abhimanyu Yadav
Head of Fixed Income & Currencies
MCB Capital Markets

2017 Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor:
EY

Gold Sponsors:
CFA Institute
Cyprus Investment Pormoton Agency
Standard Chartered